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Canon de 24 Gribeauval
Canon de 24 Gribeauval La Tour d Auvergne, modèle 1775, founded in 1828. Weight: 2,728 kg. Les Invalides.
Place of origin	France
Service history
Used by	France
Wars	French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars
Production history
Designer	Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval
Specifications
Mass	2,740 kg
Barrel length	353 cm
Caliber	152.7 mm
Barrels	1

The Canon de 24 Gribeauval was a French 24-pounder cannon and part of the Gribeauval system developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. It was part of the siege artillery.

The canon de 24 Gribeauval was used extensively during the wars following the French Revolution, as well as the Napoleonic wars.

Some of the earlier Gribeauval siege guns kept the baroque "dolphin" design for the handles.

Notes

1. ^ Napoleon's Guns, 1792-1815 by Rene Chartrand, Ray Hutchins p.6-7

v t e Gribeauval system
Field artillery	Canon de 12 Canon de 8 Canon de 4 Obusier de 6 pouces 1-pdr Rostaing gun
Siege artillery	Canon de 24 Canon de 16 Canon lourd de 12 Canon lourd de 8
Mortars	Mortier de 15 Mortier de 12 Mortier long de 10 Mortier court de 10 Mortier court de 8

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